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{{Short description|Italian comic creator (1945)}}
{{Infobox comics creator

| image         = Milo Manara Lodz 2008.jpg
| caption       = Milo Manara in 2008
| birth_name    = Maurilio Manara
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1945|9|12|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Lüsen|Lüsen (Luson)]], [[South Tyrol]], Kingdom of Italy
| death_date    = 
| death_place   = 
| area          = {{flatlist|
*Artist
*writer
}}
| alias         = 
| notable works = {{plainlist|
*''The Adventures of Giuseppe Bergman''
*''Butterscotch''
*''Click''
*''Indian Summer''
}}
| awards        = [[#Awards|Full list]]
}}

'''Maurilio Manara''' ({{IPAc-en|m|ə|ˈ|n|ɑr|ə}}; born 12 September 1945), known professionally as '''Milo Manara''', is an Italian [[Glossary of comics terminology#Division of labour|comic book writer and artist]].

==Career==
After architecture and painting studies, he made his comics debut in 1969 drawing for ''Genius'', a [[fumetti neri]] series of pocket books from publisher Furio Vanio in the wake of the popularity of ''[[Kriminal]]'' and ''[[Satanik]]''.<ref name="lambiek">{{Cite web|last=Lambiek Comiclopedia|title=Milo Manara|url=http://lambiek.net/artists/m/manara.htm}}</ref> In 1970, he illustrated for the magazine ''Terror'', and starting in 1971 drew the erotic series ''Jolanda de Almaviva'' written by Francisco Rubino, issued in small format by publisher [[Erregi]]. Joining the youth magazine ''{{lang|it|Il Corriere dei Ragazzi}}'', he worked with Rubino, Carlo Barbieri, [[Mino Milani]] and Silverio Pisú.<ref name="comiqueando">{{Cite web|last=Comiquendo online|title=Milo Manara|url=http://www.revistacomiqueando.com.ar/2007-04/nota_manara.php|language=es|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701210243/http://www.revistacomiqueando.com.ar/2007-04/nota_manara.php|archive-date=July 1, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref> With Pisú Manara launched the publications ''{{lang|it|Telerompo}}'' and ''{{lang|it|Strategia della Tensione}}'' in 1974 and the series ''{{lang|it|Alessio, Il Borghese Rivoluzionario}}'', and with writer Mino Milani the series ''{{lang|it|La parola alla giuria}}'' in 1975. Manara and Pisú later went on to publish ''Lo Scimmiotto'' (''The Ape'') along the story of the Chinese [[Sun Wukong|Monkey King]] in ''[[Linus (magazine)|Alter Linus]]'' in 1976, and with [[Alfredo Castelli]], ''L'Uomo delle Nevi'' (''The Snowman'') in 1978.<ref name="comiqueando"/>

During this period Manara began publishing work in several [[Franco-Belgian comics]] magazines including ''[[Charlie Mensuel]]'', ''[[Pilote]]'' and ''[[L'Écho des savanes]]''.<ref name="lambiek"/> For ''[[A Suivre|(A SUIVRE)]]'' Manara created the first stories featuring ''HP and [[Giuseppe Bergman]]'', which grew to become a large body of work. The character "HP" is based on Manara's friend, the Italian comics creator [[Hugo Pratt]], and a collaborator on some of Manara's most acclaimed work, initially ''{{lang|it|Tutto ricominciò con un'estate indiana}}'' (1983, ''Indian Summer'') and later ''El Gaucho'' (1991). Manara also completed two stories working with another of his heroes, [[Federico Fellini]].<ref name="lambiek"/> In his own right Manara has been commended on his skills as a writer, as with the western ''{{lang|it|L'uomo di carta}}'' (1982, ''The Paper Man'').<ref name="comiqueando"/>

[[File:ManaraClic.gif|thumb|right|Erotic illustration typical of Manara's style as it comes to expression in his ''Click'' series]]

Manara's reputation for producing comics that revolve around elegant, beautiful women caught up in unlikely and fantastical erotic scenarios became solidified with work such as ''{{lang|it|Il Gioco}}'' (1983, also known as ''[[Click (comics)|Click]]'' or ''Le Déclic''), about a device which renders women helplessly aroused; ''{{lang|it|Il Profumo dell'invisibile}}'' (1986, ''Butterscotch''), introducing the heroine Miele (Honey) and a sweet-smelling body-paint which makes the wearer invisible; and ''Candid camera'' (1988, ''Hidden Camera''), featuring the same protagonist in further explicit adventures. In the following years of combining sequels, original work, and collaborations with noted creators, Manara's production continued in this direction to explore erotic comics themes with an artistic and storytelling expression in a manner considered unique to Manara.

In the U.S. ''The Ape'' was serialised in ''[[Heavy Metal (magazine)|Heavy Metal]]'' in the early 1980s and Manara received some exposure through collaborations with [[Neil Gaiman]] and other artists.

===Later work===
In connection with their joint project ''Quarantasei'', in July 2006, Manara designed a helmet for [[Moto GP]] rider [[Valentino Rossi]], specifically made for the Italian GP in Mugello. Rossi declared:
{{blockquote|"He has drawn some kind of a mythical history of my life, in cartoons, with some of my heroes such as Steve McQueen, Enzo Ferrari, Jim Morrison, and other characters such as my dog Guido, the chicken Osvaldo and a lot of beautiful women! I really like Milo...he's a person that I have admired for a long time."}}

In 2003, Manara's work featured on the cover of Scottish rock band [[Biffy Clyro]]'s second studio album ''[[The Vertigo of Bliss]]''. Manara also created the artwork for all the singles released from this album.

In October 2006, Manara developed character designs for the animated television series ''[[City Hunters]]''. The series, consisting of ten 11-minute episodes, blends traditional animation techniques with modern [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]], to be broadcast across all of Latin America on the FOX network throughout 2006 and 2007.

Manara penciled an ''[[X-Men]]'' project written by [[Chris Claremont]] for Marvel Comics called ''X-Men: Ragazze in fuga'' that released in April 2009 in Italy, and was later reprinted in short circulation by Marvel Comics in English as ''X-Women''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=25606|title= Claremont Unveils ''X-Women''|first= Kiel|last= Phegley|date= April 7, 2010|publisher= Comic Book Resources|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120722072657/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=25606|archive-date= July 22, 2012|url-status= live|access-date= November 30, 2013}}</ref>

He was profiled in the 2011 documentary film ''[[Derailments (film)|Derailments]] (Deragliamenti)''.<ref name="vogue">[https://www.vogue.it/en/uomo-vogue/news/2011/09/deragliamenti?refresh_ce= "Derailments: A short film based on a famous unmade film and the friendship between Fellini and Manara will be shown in Toronto today and tomorrow"]. ''[[L'Uomo Vogue]]'', September 12, 2011.</ref>

In 2013 he started to do low print variant covers for issues of Marvel comic books. In 2014, Manara's variant cover for Spider-Woman #1 was widely criticized for putting the character in a pose that was deemed over-sexualized and oddly proportioned by many.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McGuire |first=Liam |date=2021-10-30 |title=Spider-Woman's Controversial Cover Explained (Why Marvel Censored It) |url=https://screenrant.com/marvel-controversy-spider-woman-cover-milo-manara-comics/ |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ching |first=Albert |date=2014-08-22 |title=Manara Responds to Criticism of His "Spider-Woman" #1 Cover |url=https://www.cbr.com/manara-responds-to-criticism-of-his-spider-woman-1-cover/ |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref>  Defenders of Manara highlighted that this was a rare collector's variant cover, reflective of his art style for those familiar with him. The piece later sold for over £37,000 at auction in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gelman |first=Samuel |date=2020-10-15 |title=Milo Manara's Controversial Spider-Woman Cover Just Sold for Over $37K |url=https://www.cbr.com/spider-woman-controversial-cover-milo-manara-sold/ |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=25 September 2020 |title=The Original 'Spider-Woman' Cover That Sparked Outrage, and Forced Marvel to Apologize, Heads to Auction |url=https://comics.ha.com/heritage-auctions-press-releases-and-news/the-original-spider-woman-cover-that-sparked-outrage-and-forced-marvel-to-apologize-heads-to-auction.s?releaseId=3973 |access-date=26 November 2024 |website=Heritage Auctions}}</ref>

==Awards==
* 1978: [[Yellow Kid Award|Yellow Kid]] and {{Interlanguage link|Gran Guinigi|it|3=Gran Guinigi|lt=Gran Guinigi prize}} for an Italian artist<ref name="saloni78">{{Cite web|last =Immagine-Centro Studi Iconografici | title =13° Salone Internazionale Dei Comics, Lucca 13, 1978|url=http://www.immaginecentrostudi.org/saloni/salone13.asp|language=it}}</ref>
* 1995: [[U Giancu's Prize]], [[International Cartoonists Exhibition]]
* 1998: [[Harvey Awards]]: Inducted into the [[Harvey Awards#The Jack Kirby Hall of Fame|Jack Kirby Hall of Fame]]<ref name="hahn">{{Cite web|last=Harveyawards.com|title=1998 Harvey Award Winners|url=http://www.harveyawards.org/awards_1998win.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070903212412/http://www.harveyawards.org/awards_1998win.html|archive-date=September 3, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* 2004: [[Eisner Award]], with various artists for [[Eisner Awards#Best Anthology|Best Anthology]], for ''The Sandman: Endless Nights'' <ref name="GN">{{Cite web|last=Brodart Graphic Novels|title= 2004 Eisner Award Recipients |url= http://www.graphicnovels.brodart.com/2004_eisner_awards.htm}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Original title
! English title
! Year{{0}}
! Remarks
|-
| ''Jolanda de Almaviva – La Figlia del Mare''
| 
| 1971
| written by Francesco Rubino
|-
| ''La parola alla giuria''
|
| 1975
| written by Mino Milani
|-
| ''Alessio, Il Borghese Rivoluzionario''
| ''Alessio''
| 1975
| written by Silverio Pisu
|-
| ''Lo scimmiotto''
| ''The Ape''
| 1976
| written by Silverio Pisu
|-
| ''Un uomo un'avventura: L'uomo delle nevi'' 
| ''The Snowman''
| 1978
| written by [[Alfredo Castelli]]
|-
| ''HP e Giuseppe Bergman'' 
| <!--longtitle: ''The Great Adventure:--> ''HP and Giuseppe Bergman''
| 1978
|
|-
| ''Le avventure asiatiche di Giuseppe Bergman''
|<!--longtitle: ''Perchance to Dream:--> ''The Indian Adventures of Giuseppe Bergman''
| 1980
|
|-
| ''L'uomo di carta, o Quattro dita''
| ''The Paper Man''
| 1982
|
|-
| ''L'ultimo tragico giorno di Gori Bau e Callipigia Sister''
| ''The Last Tragic Day of Gori Bau & The Callipygian Sister ''
| 1982
|originally in Frigidaire #25, translation in ''Shorts'' and ''Manara Erotica Volume One''
|-
| ''Tutto ricominciò con un'estate Indiana''
| ''Indian Summer''
| 1983
| with [[Hugo Pratt]]
|-
| ''[[Click (comics)|Il gioco]]''
| ''Click''
| 1983
|
|-
| ''Il diario di Sandra F.''
| ''The Diaries/Diary of Sandra F.''
| 1985
| translation in Heavy Metal #199503 and ''Manara Erotica Volume Two''
|-
| ''Il profumo dell'invisibile''
| ''Butterscotch''
| 1986
|
|-
| ''Candid camera''
| ''Hidden Camera''
| 1988
|
|-
| ''L'apparenza inganna''
|
| 1988
|
|-
| ''Viaggio a Tulum''
| ''Trip to Tulum''
| 1989
| with [[Federico Fellini]]
|-
| ''L'arte della sculacciata''
| ''The Art of Spanking''
| 1989
| written by Jean-Pierre Enard
|-
| ''Le avventure africane di Giuseppe Bergman''
| ''An Author in Search of Six Characters'' <!--longtitle: The African Adventures of Giuseppe Bergman Part 1''--> and ''Dies Irae'' <!--longtitle: The African Adventures of Giuseppe Bergman Part 2''-->{{0}}
| 1990
| Published as a serial in ''[[Heavy Metal Magazine]]'' (1984-1985)
|-
| ''Breakthrough''
| 
| 1990
| Written by [[Neil Gaiman]]
|-
| ''Il gioco 2''
| ''Click 2''
| 1991
|
|-
| ''El Gaucho''
| ''El Gaucho''
| 1991
| with Hugo Pratt
|-
| ''Il sogno di Oengus''
|
| 1991
| written by Giordano Berti
|-
| ''Il viaggio di G. Mastorna detto Fernet''
|''The Voyage of G. Mastorna''
| 1992
| with Federico Fellini
|-
| ''La feu aux entrailles''
|
| 1993
| with [[Pedro Almodóvar]]
|-
| ''Il gioco vol.3''
| ''Click 3''
| 1994
|
|-
| ''Seduzioni''
|
| 1994
|
|-
| ''Storie brevi''
| ''Shorts''
| 1995
|
|-
| ''I viaggi di Gulliver, o Gulliveriana''
| [[Gullivera|''Gulliveriana'' or ''Gullivera'']]
| 1995
| based on text by [[Jonathan Swift]]{{0}}
|-
| ''Kamasutra''
| ''Manara's Kama Sutra''
| 1997
| based on text by [[Vatsyayana]]
|-
| ''Star, Starlettes e Baguettes''
| ''Fantasies''
| 1997
| In ''L'Echo des Savanes'' 1997 & ''Pin-Up Art'' English in ''Heavy Metal'' #199903
|-
| ''Ballata in si bemolle''
| ''Fatal Rendezvous''
| 1997
|
|-
| ''Appuntamento fatale''
| ''Rendezvous in B-Flat''
| 1997
|translation printed in ''Manara Erotica Volume One''
|-
| ''L'asino d'oro''
| ''The Golden Ass''
| 1999
| based on text by [[Apuleius]]
|-
| <!--longtitle: ''A riveder le stelle - -->''Le avventure metropolitane di Giuseppe Bergman''{{0}}
| <!--longtitle: ''To See the Stars: -->''The Urban Adventures of Giuseppe Bergman'' {{0}}
| 1999
|
|-
| ''Bolero''
| 
| 1999
|
|-
| ''Tre ragazze nella rete''
| ''www.''
| 2000
|
|-
| ''Rivoluzione''
| ''Revolution''
| 2000
|
|-
| ''Il gioco vol.4''
| ''Click 4''
| 2001
|
|-
| ''Il profumo dell'invisibile 2''
| ''Butterscotch 2''
| 2001
|
|-
| ''Le donne di Manara''
| ''Women of Manara''
| 2001
|
|-
| ''Memory''
|
|2001
|
|-
| ''Fuga da Piranesi''
| ''Piranese: The Prison Planet''
| 2002
|
|-
| ''Il pittore e la modella''
| ''The Model''
| 2002
|
|-
| ''Pin-up art''
|
| 2002
|
|-
| ''Aphrodite''
| ''Aphrodite, Book 1''
| 2003
| written by [[Pierre Louÿs]]
|-
| ''Donne e motori''
|
| 2003
|
|-
| ''Fellini''
|
| 2003
|
|-
| ''L'odissea di Bergman''
| ''The Odyssey of Giuseppe Bergman''
| 2004
|
|-
| ''I Borgia – La conquista del papato''
| ''Borgia 1: Blood for the Pope''
| 2004
| with [[Alejandro Jodorowsky]]
|-
| ''[[The Sandman: Endless Nights]]''
|
| 2004
| written by Neil Gaiman; Manara illustrated one chapter, "What I've Tasted of Desire"
|-
| ''I Borgia vol.2 – Il potere e l'incesto''
| ''Borgia 2: Power and Incest''
| 2006
| with Alejandro Jodorowsky
|-
| ''Quarantasei''
|<!--apparently not yet translated: ''46'' -->
| 2006
| with [[Valentino Rossi]]
|-
| ''Gli Occhi di Pandora''
| ''Pandora's Eyes''
| 2007
| written by [[Vincenzo Cerami]]
|-
| ''I Borgia vol. 3''
| ''Borgia 3: Flames from Hell''
| 2008
| with Alejandro Jodorowsky
|-
| ''X-Men: Ragazze in fuga''
| {{anchor|X-Women}}''X-Women''
| 2009
| written by [[Chris Claremont]]
|-
|''I Borgia vol. 4 - Tutto è Vanità''
|''Borgia 4: All is Vanity''
|2010
|with Alejandro Jodorowsky
|-
|''Caravaggio vol. 1 - La Tavolozza e la Spada''
|''Caravaggio 1 - The Palette and the Sword''
|2015
|
|-
|''Caravaggio vol. 2 - La Grazia''
|''Caravaggio 2 - The Grace''
|2018
|
|-
|}

==Adaptations==
*Series
**''Click'' (1997)
**''[[City Hunters]]'' (2006, animated TV series created by Gastón Gorali & Alberto Stagnaro)
*Films
**''Le Déclic'' (1985)
**''Le Parfum de l'invisible'' (1997 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362016/combined IMDb])
**''La Légende de Parva'' (2003)
**''The Erotic Misadventures of the Invisible Man'' (2003 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382014/combined IMDb])

==See also==
* [[Italian comics]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
{{refbegin}}
* [http://bdoubliees.com/asuivre/auteurs4/manara.htm Manara publications in ''(A SUIVRE)''] [http://bdoubliees.com/journalpilote/auteurs4/manara.htm ''Pilote''], [http://bdoubliees.com/echodessavanes/auteurs4/manara.htm ''L'Écho des Savanes''] and [http://bdoubliees.com/bodoi/auteurs4/manara.htm ''BoDoï''] – BDoubliées {{in lang|fr}}
* [http://www.bedetheque.com/auteur-1629-BD-Manara-Milo.html Manara albums] – Bedetheque  {{in lang|fr}}
* [http://www.europeancomics.net/index.html?a=a&b=Milo_Manara Manara publications in English] – Europeancomics.net {{in lang|en}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{official website|1=http://www.milomanara.it/}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714094703/http://www.milomanara.com/index.asp?lang=eng |date=July 14, 2011 |title=Official website }}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.casterman.com/manara/index.htm |title= Milo Manara site on Casterman {{in lang|fr}}|date=20071231101652}}
* [http://lambiek.net/artists/m/manara.htm Milo Manara biography] on Lambiek Comiclopedia
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.revistacomiqueando.com.ar/2007-04/nota_manara.php |title=Milo Manara biography on Comiqueando online {{in lang|es}}|date=20070701210243}}}
* [http://www.nbmpub.com/eurotica/emanara/milo.html Manara Eurotica catalog] NBM Graphic Novels publisher
* {{IMDb name|id=1081810|name=Milo Manara}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.lamansardadimiele.org/Manara.htm |title=La Mansarda di Miele] (''Honey's Attic'') {{in lang|it}}|date=20071207182639}}
* {{YouTube|GspZhXUo2ic|How to draw a sexy girl by Milo Manara Video}}

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